子供たちの中にはとても衰弱していて立っていられない者がいた。

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English Translation

Some of the children were too weak to stay on their feet.

Furigana

子供(こども)たちの中(なか)にはとても衰弱(すいじゃく)していて立(た)っていられない者(もの)がいた。

Romanji

Kodomotachi no nakani wa totemo suijakushiteite tatteirarenai mono ga ita.

Words

子供達 (こどもたち)

children

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

衰弱 (すいじゃく)

weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration

立つ (たつ)

to stand; to rise; to stand up; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

者 (もの、もん)

person

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)